Career
Dollard started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1951. He would spend eight years in Montreal before being traded to the Chicago Black Hawks. He started out with the Junior.
Canadiens of the QJHL where he skated for two seasons from 1947 to 1949.
There he demonstrated an offensive touch and an ability to play a tough game of defence at the other end of the ice. In 1949-1950, Saint Laurent started a three-year relationship with the Royal Montreal Hockey Club of the QSHL. He spent most of his time sharpening the finer points of his game while putting them to the occasional test by joining the Habs for a couple of stints.
Around 1952-1953, however, the Canadiens began to introduce significant new blood in the form of Jacques Plante and Dickie Moore among others One of the others included Saint Laurent who settled onto the Habs" blueline corps as a stay-at-home regular for the next six seasons.
After the third championship, Saint Laurent was sold to the Chicago Black Hawks who were gradually assembling a lineup bent on bringing the Cup to town after a lengthy absence.
In 1960-1961, the team finally ended the championship drought by ousting the Red Wings in the finals. Saint Laurent played for the Hawks until the end of the 1961-1962 campaign. The following year, he was dispatched to the Quebec Aces of the AHL, during which Saint Laurent took a hard fall to the ice, breaking his leg and ending his aspirations to make it back to the National Hockey League. At the end of the season, he announced his retirement.
Saint Laurent died on April 6, 2015, aged 85.
